Who Is Godiva? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Godiva is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Dora Leigh, with over 96 comic issue appearances. Godiva is the premiere heroine from England. She is a stunningly beautiful woman who has meta-human hair capable of changing its shape to become wings so she can fly or become transparent to conceal herself.

Who is Godiva?

Origin Dora Leigh The origin of Godiva's powers are unknown. Her hair-controlling powers have earned her the status of Great Britain's premier super-heroine. Her first recorded appearance was teaming with the Elongated Man to stop a bomb in London . She battled crime alongside the Global Guardians for many years. Creation Her first comic appearance was outside of the regular DC continuity in the comic book adaptation of the Superfriends television series. She remained here for some time until the Global Guardians were finally introduced to the main DC Continuity in DC Comics Presents #46. At the time the title was used as feature to team up Superman with various characters from the DC Universe, some of them famous, but in other cases either forgotten or obscure, which applied in this case to the Global Guardians. She is partially inspired by the legendary character from England , Lady Godiva.

Key facts

Godiva is of human origin and first appeared in "The Warning of the Wonder Twins!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 96 recorded issue appearances, Godiva ranks among the most featured characters in comics.